Internet and social media use for antibiotic-related information seeking: Findings from a survey among adult population in Italy

Zucco, Rossella; Lotti, Francesco; Anfosso, Rosa; Bianco, Aida; Pileggi, Claudia; Pavia, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.12.005

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“…Internet use may be necessary as the internet provides up-to-date information and a way of diagnosing and treating symptoms without medical intervention. Also, it is the best source to gather a huge information (Bianco et al, 2018;Zuccoa et al, 2018). Our results supported by Bianco et al's study, and Zucco et al's study.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…However, using the Internet to access healthrelated information is rapidly increasing; parents especially educated mothers view the Internet as a source to get information about their children's health care (Bianco et al, 2013;Zuccoa et al, 2018). Fifty-one percent of participants from the 28 countries of the European Union used the Internet as the first source of health-related information according to Eurostat data (Bianco et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although most parents believe health-related information received from healthcare professionals is trustworthy, they feel it is not enough because such information focuses on immediate care only. Parents consider healthrelated information on the internet is more up to date, faster and easier to access than healthcare professional information (Bianco et al, 2013;Zuccoa et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some researchers believe that the health-related information presented on the Internet is unreliable. As the Internet health-related information can be misunderstood, it is considered a risk for managing a child's health care and outcome (Bianco et al, 2013;Zuccoa et al, 2018;Walsh et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Assessing mother’s antibiotics information by comparing internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics

Kutrani

Atiyah

Adam

et al. 2019

Journal of Cancer and Biomedical Research

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The sample size was 308 mothers attending the outpatient pediatrics clinic during the period of data collection. Knowledge/beliefs, behaviors, adherence, and awareness of antibiotic resistance were determined through the analysis of data obtained from the questionnaires. Eighty-two percent of mothers had a poor level of knowledge and beliefs regarding antibiotic use; however, about half of the mothers had good behaviors toward the antibiotic and a good level of awareness of antibiotics resistance. Despite this poor knowledge, 61.7% of the mothers had an overall good Adherence to antibiotic use. Furthermore, half of the mothers obtained their information about the antibiotic from the internet. A good knowledge level and good awareness of antibiotics resistance levels were attained from the Internet source. Meanwhile a good behavior and good adherence regarding antibiotic usage were gained from a healthcare professional. In conclusion, mother's good information showed a significant difference existed between the Internet and the healthcare professional sources. Therefore, this study recommends that healthcare professionals should educate mothers concerning online information. Moreover, there is a need to improve mother's knowledge about antibiotics uses.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing mother’s antibiotics information by comparing internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics

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Adam

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Journal of Cancer and Biomedical Research

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“…Participants were asked for their consent to participate before they were surveyed. [46] The entire project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Haifa (Approval No. 246/17).…”

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Determinants of intention to use social media for health purposes among Jewish women in Israel: A cross-sectional study

Rosenberg

Mano

Mesch

2019

JHA

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Women use the Internet more for health purposes than men, probably due to their gender socialization as caregivers. Indeed, women’s use of social media for health is not a one-time occurrence but is expected to continue for a long time to come. Hence, it is important to understand women’s future intention to use social media for health purposes. This study integrated health empowerment, health beliefs and digital inequality perspectives to explain this intention among Jewish female social media users (N = 94). The data were collected through a telephone survey. The results indicated that searching for health information on social media and cues to action are consistent predictors of women’s intention to use social media for health purposes. With the exception of marital status, no effect of socio-demographic variables was found. Health empowerment approach and health belief model are, therefore, the best predictors of future intention to use social media for health. Women should be encouraged by their communities to expand their experience with social media, since it may serve as a source of health empowerment. In addition, they must be encouraged to be more attentive to internal or external stimuli in maintaining or changing their health behavior.

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Technology Experience, Health Beliefs or Background? Examining the Factors Affecting the Intention to Use Social Media for Health Purposes

Rosenberg

Mano

Mesch

2020

Understanding Media and Society in the Age of Digitalisation

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Internet and social media use for antibiotic-related information seeking: Findings from a survey among adult population in Italy

Cited by 86 publications

References 31 publications

Assessing mother’s antibiotics information by comparing internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics

Assessing mother’s antibiotics information by comparing internet and healthcare professionals as sources of informatics

Determinants of intention to use social media for health purposes among Jewish women in Israel: A cross-sectional study

Technology Experience, Health Beliefs or Background? Examining the Factors Affecting the Intention to Use Social Media for Health Purposes

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